Seaside Heights, NJ NJ Gov Chris Christie speaks at the new satellite Home Depot that has opened in Seaside Heights on Sumner Ave. 031813 Photo by Tom Spader/Asbury Park Press

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John Schoonejongen
| Statehouse Bureau

Hammering away at his oft-repeated theme of fiscal responsibility, Gov. Chris Christie told an audience of Lakewood seniors today that the abuse of sick-time payouts to public officials remains a significant and unsolved problem in New Jersey.

The practice of public officials banking sick time and then receiving large lump-sum payouts when they retire will cost New ...